Fred L. Johnson

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." Roughly twohundred thirty two years ago, when Thomas Jefferson penned those immortal words, a significant number of people in the American colonies were comprised of indentured servants, black slaves, beleaguered Native Americans, immigrants, and millions of struggling poor. Years of tyrannical abuse, political corruption, stark gaps between the wealthy and impoverished, and a firm belief amongst Patriots in the "consent of the governed" provided the sustenance necessary…